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DC Voting, Statehood Debated

By Tom Garzillo October 3, 2014

Amid talk of D.C. statehood, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder brought increased attention to the District’s lack of voting representation in Congress in a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus...

DC Council Proposes Concealed Carry Permit

By Suzanne Monyak September 23, 2014

The D.C. Council will vote Tuesday on emergency legislation that would allow citizens of the District to carry concealed weapons in public. Announced Wednesday, the proposal came in response to the U.S....

Bowser Unseats Gray in Primary

Bowser Unseats Gray in Primary

By Johnny Verhovek April 4, 2014

Muriel Bowser, an upshot D.C. councilmember representing Ward 4, won the D.C. Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday with 44.2 percent of the vote, bringing the administration of Mayor Vincent Gray to a close...

Gray Revelation Upends Campaign

By Johnny Verhovek March 21, 2014

As early voting began March 17 for the April 1 Democratic mayoral primary election, two recent developments are making waves in Mayor Vincent Gray’s re-election campaign with a resurgence of new criticism. Businessman...

Strides in Sustainability

By The Editorial Board October 22, 2013

This week, Mayor Vincent Gray proposed a District-wide ban on environmentally harmful Styrofoam. While Georgetown is commendably already a foam-free campus, the noise generated by this proposal brings...

District Sees HIV Drop-Off

By Sam Abrams October 1, 2013

The District of Columbia, which has historically had the highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the United States, has seen a 46 percent drop in the rate of infection between 2007 and 2011 from 3.2 percent to 2.4...

Gray Silent on Mayoral Race

By Natasha Khan October 1, 2013

With only seven months before the Democratic primary in April, Mayor Vincent Gray, still entrenched in an ongoing corruption investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, has yet to announce plans to...

DC Council Takes Up Marijuana Legalization

By Christopher Zawora September 20, 2013

In response to a severe racial discrepancy among those arrested for marijuana-related offenses, D.C. Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) introduced a bill Tuesday that would legalize recreational...

D.C. Mayor Plans to Make District Greener

By Emma Iannini March 15, 2013

Mayor Vincent Gray announced late February that he will pursue an ambitious sustainability plan that aims to make Washington, D.C., the most environmentally friendly city in the country by 2032. “In...

DC Mayor Talks Entrepreneurship

By Margaret Viator November 14, 2011

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray spoke about the importance of fostering entrepreneurship in the District at the kickoff of the annual Global Entrepreneurship Week Monday evening. "The ultimate goal is for...

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